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- | ====== dàigòu: 代购 - Personal Shopper, Buying Agent, Surrogate Shopping ====== | + | |
- | ===== Quick Summary ===== | + | |
- | * **Keywords: | + | |
- | * **Summary: | + | |
- | ===== Core Meaning ===== | + | |
- | * **Pinyin (with tone marks):** dàigòu | + | |
- | * **Part of Speech:** Verb / Noun | + | |
- | * **HSK Level:** N/A (Advanced/ | + | |
- | * **Concise Definition: | + | |
- | * **In a Nutshell:** Imagine you're in China and want a specific handbag from Paris that's much cheaper there. You can't fly to Paris yourself. Instead, you contact a **daigou**—often a Chinese student living in Paris—who goes to the store, buys the bag for you, and ships it to you. You pay them for the bag plus a service fee. This entire system, from the agent to the act of buying, is called **daigou**. It's a multi-billion dollar grey market fueled by price differences, | + | |
- | ===== Character Breakdown ===== | + | |
- | * **代 (dài):** This character means "to substitute," | + | |
- | * **购 (gòu):** This is a formal character for "to purchase" | + | |
- | * Together, **代购 (dàigòu)** literally and perfectly means "to purchase on behalf of." | + | |
- | ===== Cultural Context and Significance ===== | + | |
- | * **Daigou** is not just a business model; it's a socio-economic phenomenon born from China' | + | |
- | 1. **High Tariffs and Taxes:** Imported luxury goods, cosmetics, and other items are subject to high consumption taxes and tariffs in China, making them significantly more expensive than in their home countries (e.g., Europe, Japan, the US). Daigou offers a way to bypass these official channels and high prices. | + | |
- | 2. **Product Authenticity and Safety:** A series of domestic scandals, most notably the 2008 Chinese milk scandal, created deep-seated mistrust in certain locally-made products. Chinese parents turned to daigou to source safe and authentic foreign baby formula, a trend that persists today. This fear of `假货 (jiǎhuò)`, | + | |
- | 3. **Product Availability: | + | |
- | * **Comparison to Western " | + | |
- | ===== Practical Usage in Modern China ===== | + | |
- | * **As a Business Model:** A **daigou** is often a Chinese person living or traveling abroad (a student, an immigrant, a flight attendant, a tourist). They use their location to their advantage. Their business operates primarily on WeChat, where they post photos of products from stores, announce "flash sales," | + | |
- | * **As a Consumer Action:** For customers, "doing daigou" | + | |
- | * **Connotation and Legality:** The term **daigou** is generally neutral, but it exists in a legal grey area. While not explicitly illegal in all forms, large-scale, | + | |
- | ===== Example Sentences ===== | + | |
- | * **Example 1:** | + | |
- | * 我想找人**代购**一个日本的电饭锅。 | + | |
- | * Pinyin: Wǒ xiǎng zhǎo rén **dàigòu** yí ge Rìběn de diànfànguō. | + | |
- | * English: I want to find someone to " | + | |
- | * Analysis: Here, **代购** is used as a verb. This is a very common way to express the need for this service. | + | |
- | * **Example 2:** | + | |
- | * 她在澳大利亚留学,兼职做**代购**卖保健品。 | + | |
- | * Pinyin: Tā zài Àodàlìyà liúxué, jiānzhí zuò **dàigòu** mài bǎojiànpǐn. | + | |
- | * English: She's studying abroad in Australia and works part-time as a **daigou**, selling health supplements. | + | |
- | * Analysis: Here, **代购** is used as a noun to describe the person/ | + | |
- | * **Example 3:** | + | |
- | * 这个包是**代购**回来的,比专柜便宜很多。 | + | |
- | * Pinyin: Zhè ge bāo shì **dàigòu** huílái de, bǐ zhuānguì piányi hěn duō. | + | |
- | * English: This bag was brought back via **daigou**; it's much cheaper than at the official retail counter. | + | |
- | * Analysis: **代购** is used as a noun describing the method of acquisition. `专柜 (zhuānguì)` refers to the official brand counter in a department store. | + | |
- | * **Example 4:** | + | |
- | * 你做**代购**怎么收费?是按百分比还是固定费用? | + | |
- | * Pinyin: Nǐ zuò **dàigòu** zěnme shōufèi? Shì àn bǎifēnbǐ háishì gùdìng fèiyòng? | + | |
- | * English: How do you charge for your **daigou** service? Is it by percentage or a flat fee? | + | |
- | * Analysis: A practical question for a customer to ask a daigou agent. This shows the commercial nature of the transaction. | + | |
- | * **Example 5:** | + | |
- | * 我的**代购**说,最近海关查得很严,发货可能会慢一点。 | + | |
- | * Pinyin: Wǒ de **dàigòu** shuō, zuìjìn hǎiguān chá de hěn yán, fāhuò kěnéng huì màn yìdiǎn. | + | |
- | * English: My **daigou** (agent) said that customs inspections are very strict recently, so shipping might be a bit slow. | + | |
- | * Analysis: This highlights the risks involved in the daigou business. `海关 (hǎiguān)` is " | + | |
- | * **Example 6:** | + | |
- | * 朋友圈里好多人都在做韩国化妆品**代购**。 | + | |
- | * Pinyin: Péngyǒuquān lǐ hǎo duō rén dōu zài zuò Hánguó huàzhuāngpǐn **dàigòu**. | + | |
- | * English: So many people on my WeChat Moments are doing **daigou** for Korean cosmetics. | + | |
- | * Analysis: `朋友圈 (péngyǒuquān)` is the WeChat Moments feature, the primary advertising platform for daigou. | + | |
- | * **Example 7:** | + | |
- | * 为了买到正品奶粉,她宁愿多花点钱找可靠的**代购**。 | + | |
- | * Pinyin: Wèile mǎi dào zhèngpǐn nǎifěn, tā nìngyuàn duō huā diǎn qián zhǎo kěkào de **dàigòu**. | + | |
- | * English: In order to buy authentic baby formula, she would rather spend a bit more money to find a reliable **daigou**. | + | |
- | * Analysis: This sentence emphasizes the " | + | |
- | * **Example 8:** | + | |
- | * 你能帮我**代购**几张演唱会门票吗? | + | |
- | * Pinyin: Nǐ néng bāng wǒ **dàigòu** jǐ zhāng yǎnchànghuì ménpiào ma? | + | |
- | * English: Can you help me **daigou** (buy) a few concert tickets? | + | |
- | * Analysis: Shows that daigou isn't just for physical goods, but can also be for things like tickets that are hard to get. | + | |
- | * **Example 9:** | + | |
- | * 做**代购**听起来容易,但其实打包、寄快递、跟客户沟通很花时间。 | + | |
- | * Pinyin: Zuò **dàigòu** tīngqǐlái róngyì, dàn qíshí dǎbāo, jì kuàidì, gēn kèhù gōutōng hěn huā shíjiān. | + | |
- | * English: Being a **daigou** sounds easy, but actually, packing, shipping packages, and communicating with clients is very time-consuming. | + | |
- | * Analysis: A sentence from the perspective of a daigou agent, explaining the hidden work involved. | + | |
- | * **Example 10:** | + | |
- | * 由于新的电商法,个人**代购**的生意越来越难做了。 | + | |
- | * Pinyin: Yóuyú xīn de diànshāngfǎ, | + | |
- | * English: Due to the new e-commerce law, the business for individual **daigou** agents is becoming harder and harder to do. | + | |
- | * Analysis: This points to the changing legal landscape affecting the daigou industry in China. | + | |
- | ===== Nuances and Common Mistakes ===== | + | |
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- | * **False Friend: " | + | |
- | * **Verb or Noun?:** **代购** is flexible and can be the *act* (a verb), the *person* (a noun), or the *method* (a noun). Context makes the meaning clear. | + | |
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- | ===== Related Terms and Concepts ===== | + | |
- | * [[海淘]] (hǎitáo) - Lit. "sea search." | + | |
- | * [[微商]] (wēishāng) - " | + | |
- | * [[水货]] (shuǐhuò) - Lit. "water goods." | + | |
- | * [[正品]] (zhèngpǐn) - " | + | |
- | * [[关税]] (guānshuì) - Customs tariff. The high `关税` on imported goods is a primary reason the daigou market exists. | + | |
- | * [[买手]] (mǎishǒu) - " | + | |
- | * [[跑腿]] (pǎotuǐ) - Lit. "run legs." An errand runner. This is for local, simple tasks like delivering a document or picking up food, a hyper-local version of the " | + | |
- | * [[人肉代购]] (rénròu dàigòu) - Lit. "human flesh daigou." | + |